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Senate Republican leaders hope to go on offense next week by voting on legislation that would prevent President Obama from lifting sanctions on Iran until Congress reviews a potential deal on that country’s nuclear program.The same day Israeli Prime...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, saying the Israeli prime minister's speech to Congress was an "insult" to the country.“The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our...

The opening weeks of the 114th Congress have been nothing short of a disaster for Republicans, who declared upon taking control of both chambers last fall that the era of governing by crisis and fiscal cliffs was over.Since their declaration, House...

Almost a quarter of House Democrats will boycott Tuesday’s congressional address by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.The defections, which point to the increasingly strained relations between the White House and the Israeli government, have...

The House voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a monthslong impasse over President Obama’s immigration policies and averting a weekend shutdown at the agency.The vote highlighted the rift...

The House could vote Tuesday on a bill that averts a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and funds the agency through September, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told GOP lawmakers in a closed-door caucus meeting.The...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) decision to pass a short-term Homeland Security bill late last week has attracted criticism from some conservatives.After the House on Friday failed to pass a three-week bill to avert a Department of...

Just don’t call it a deal.House Democrats on Monday said they expect Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to bring a clean Homeland Security bill to the floor this week, effectively ending the fight over funding for President Obama’s executive actions on...